Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'being' occurs 613 times in the standard works.

157 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'being' in the standard works and contain 25.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 65 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 13:3-12 (11 in 10 verses)

Hel. 6:26-29 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 31:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:32-2:1 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 22:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 2:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 52:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Luke 3:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 4:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 7:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 12:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 13:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 27:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 43:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 54:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 21:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 134:6 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 16:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 2:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 4:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 4:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 18:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 26:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 29:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 56:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 57:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 1:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:51-52 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

A of F 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 101 0 101
NT 190 0 190
BM 260 2 262
1 Ne. 20 0 20
2 Ne. 9 0 9
Jacob 5 0 5
Jarom 2 0 2
Omni 4 0 4
W of M 1 0 1
Mosiah 48 2 50
Alma 112 0 112
Hel. 15 0 15
3 Ne. 12 0 12
4 Ne. 1 0 1
Morm. 14 0 14
Ether 11 0 11
Moro. 6 0 6
DC 39 5 44
PGP 23 0 23
TOTAL 613 7 620

1 Ne. 1:7
And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at Jerusalem; and he cast himself upon his bed, being overcome with the Spirit and the things which he had seen.

1 Ne. 1:8
And being thus overcome with the Spirit, he was carried away in a vision, even that he saw the heavens open, and he thought he saw God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels in the attitude of singing and praising their God.

1 Ne. 2:12
And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest, did murmur against their father. And they did murmur because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them.

1 Ne. 2:14
And it came to pass that my father did speak unto them in the valley of Lemuel, with power, being filled with the Spirit, until their frames did shake before him. And he did confound them, that they durst not utter against him; wherefore, they did as he commanded them.

1 Ne. 2:16
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by my father; wherefore, I did not rebel against him like unto my brothers.

1 Ne. 2:18
But, behold, Laman and Lemuel would not hearken unto my words; and being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts I cried unto the Lord for them.

1 Ne. 4:31
And now I, Nephi, being a man large in stature, and also having received much strength of the Lord, therefore I did seize upon the servant of Laban, and held him, that he should not flee.

1 Ne. 7:8
And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, therefore I spake unto them, saying, yea, even unto Laman and unto Lemuel: Behold ye are mine elder brethren, and how is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds, that ye have need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto you, yea, and set an example for you?

1 Ne. 14:7
For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other-- either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.

1 Ne. 15:3
For he truly spake many great things unto them, which were hard to be understood, save a man should inquire of the Lord; and they being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look unto the Lord as they ought.

1 Ne. 15:16
Behold, I say unto you, Yea; they shall be remembered again among the house of Israel; they shall be grafted in, being a natural branch of the olive tree, into the true olive tree.

1 Ne. 16:19
And it came to pass that we did return without food to our families, and being much fatigued, because of their journeying, they did suffer much for the want of food.

1 Ne. 17:5
And we did come to the land which we called Bountiful, because of its much fruit and also wild honey; and all these things were prepared of the Lord that we might not perish. And we beheld the sea, which we called Irreantum, which, being interpreted, is many waters.

1 Ne. 17:20
And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land of Jerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and they have borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things, save it were death; and it would have been better that they had died before they came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered these afflictions.

1 Ne. 17:30
And notwithstanding they being led, the Lord their God, their Redeemer, going before them, leading them by day and giving light unto them by night, and doing all things for them which were expedient for man to receive, they hardened their hearts and blinded their minds, and reviled against Moses and against the true and living God.

1 Ne. 18:17
Now my father, Lehi, had said many things unto them, and also unto the sons of Ishmael; but, behold, they did breathe out much threatenings against anyone that should speak for me; and my parents being stricken in years, and having suffered much grief because of their children, they were brought down, yea, even upon their sick-beds.

1 Ne. 18:19
And Jacob and Joseph also, being young, having need of much nourishment, were grieved because of the afflictions of their mother; and also my wife with her tears and prayers, and also my children, did not soften the hearts of my brethren that they would loose me.

1 Ne. 22:8
And after our seed is scattered the Lord God will proceed to do a marvelous work among the Gentiles, which shall be of great worth unto our seed; wherefore, it is likened unto their being nourished by the Gentiles and being carried in their arms and upon their shoulders.